What is New in Microsoft Copilot for August 2026

Welcome to the August 2026 edition of What's New in Microsoft Copilot! Every month, we highlight new features and enhancements to keep Microsoft 365 customers up to date with Copilot features that help your users be more productive and efficient in the apps they use every day.

Let’s take a closer look at what’s new this month:

User capabilities:

• More control for effort level and cost in Cowork
• Text selections, session sharing, and more for Copilot Chat
• New ways to work in Copilot Notebooks
• Change languages for meeting recaps with Copilot in Teams
• Hyperlinks, image understanding, and highlights for Copilot in Word
• Chat history and change history skill for Copilot in Excel
• Personal skills in Copilot in SharePoint
• Agents, email drafting, and management enhancements for Copilot in Outlook
• Improved file capabilities with Copilot in OneDrive
• Status reports and task enhancements for Copilot in Planner
• New Connectors and Plugins

IT admin capabilities:

• Data export and GitHub Copilot AI Credits